Surcingle

• surcingle: A girth that binds a saddle, pack, or blanket to the body of a horse

• surcingle: The belt on a clerical cassock; a cincture.

ref: Leader 11 Nov 1922, 327/1: 'Our Ladies' Letter': 'Mrs Joe was out last Sunday, and if you heard her about the military weddings! The officers "with their surcingles!" that kill her'